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Little water monitor

This little water monitor was spotted near Polonnaruwa

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The Asian water monitor, also called common water monitor, is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most common monitor lizards in Asia, ranging from Sri Lanka and coastal northeast India to Indochina, Malay Peninsula, and Indonesian islands where it lives close to water.

Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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Uploaded Jun 16, 2014. Captured Jul 6, 2013 06:00 in Church Road, Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO250
  • 106mm